When to Know You Need a Poker Calculator.
Written By: Marty Smith
Thursday, May 18, 2006
With the growth of online poker odds calculators, it has become apparent that many of us actually need one. Why else would those poker programmers keep designing them as fast as online players can buy them? At least two companies have even renamed virtually identical poker calculators just to cover different angles of this fast growing market.
The popularity of these programs should be just cause for you to have one yourself, by virtue of just trying to stay even with your competition. Figure this, every table you sit at, at least 2 players have some sort of external software helping their decision process. Even for good players, that limits the profit potential. Poker Calculators have a forthrightness about them that shows you the true value of hands that you may have thought were good enough to play. If you don't have that in your face all the time, emotions can get the best of you and cause you to make costly errors.
Here are some more reasons why you may need a poker calculator, all of which lead to the fundamental problem of losing to much money.
You know you need a poker calculator when;
-your wife has fewer charges on the credit card than you.
-you can quote the details of several reload bonuses.
-your favorite poker site keeps sending you thank-you emails.
-your favorite poker site sold your email address to another poker site.
-a select few players seem to follow you from table to table.
-your opponents often chat you up, in an over-friendly kind of way.
-nobody leaves your table before you do.
-several players always offer you a nh message when you finally win something.
-your average account balance at the end of every day is around 5 bucks.
-you feel your dog is laughing behind your back.
-you've resorted to black jack, and have actually done better.
-you can't figure how many outs you have to a flush draw.
-you can't figure what an out actually is.
-it's hard to remember where the FOLD button is.
Some of these may seem comical, but seriously, many are very real for a lot of online players. Poker Calculators give you control, offer discipline, and improve your bottom line quickly. There isn't one poker calculator you could buy right now that will not pay for itself within a couple of hours at any $1/$2 table. Read some of the reviews on my website, choose your favorite poker calculator, and then get in the real game.
About the Author
Martin Smith is webmaster of PokerCalculatorReport.com where all the online poker calculators are tested and reviewed, including Sit and Go Shark, Calculatem Pro, and Poker Spy. He is also editor of http://www.PokerBookReport.com You can contact Martin Smith at [email protected]
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